Eadwin Briain

An orphan raised in an orphanage near the Vigilant Temple. Eadwin worked in the Vigilant Temple from the age of 16 as a kitchen aide, though she always wanted to be a pilot.

At 16, she meets Leon Garbhan and the two become close. Leon convinces her to pursue her goal of working on a spaceship, and helps her enroll onto a navigator course at the Temple. This move unwittingly alienates her from her old friends, and she soon has Garbhan as her only close friend.

Almost a year into her first year of training, the relationship with Leon becomes romantic and the two start a relationship. By the time Leon qualifies for his first combat mission, the two are deeply in love. It is during this mission however, that Eadwin decides to end the relationship, out of the knowledge that Leon will never change his path, and that someday he will not return.

Soon after the breakup, Eadwin passes her navigator's training and departs the planet onboard a merchant vessel.